Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-25

carv. He has palaces and 70 spare and he
does not lie awake nights worrying about
the fact that his wages are paid IN depre-
eiated currency Of his realm. Vienna, 1t Is
said. Is covered with mortgages. Bat the
kings salary is always paid, and there Is
no fuss about the house when the queen
rides a fine horse to death as, it Is said,
she has done several times in the past
King Humbert Of Italy has only one
law. His allowance Of $4,000, 600 Is
annie for his wants, and he is able to give
a little assistance TO his brothers. Hegov-
ems a kingdom which has about half the
popuIation of the United States, the In
come of which during the last two years
has been about s., OO0, 00O a year less than
lis expenses. It has debt of g, go, 900, =
GOO and its subjects pay yearly interest
of nearly q dollar head. Still they APP
parently think little of dispensing with
ROYALTY and bear their burden without
much murmuring.
The debt of Portugal also increases year
ly. and it has been In debt nearly 100
wears. In 1875 it began by borrowing
s., 500, 900, and it now pays an interest OF
more than that amount every year. Its
debt climbs up right along, and though 1t
has a population not much Larger than
that OF New York State, it has debt OF
500. OOO, 600 more than We have and 1t
pays its king eight times rs much as our
President annually and gives its queen
$65, 600 year for pin money. Belgium
has population nearly As large as Portu-
gal and it has king to whom 1t gives
$3.50, 900 q year. The wages Of thepeople
are as low, perhaps, rs those Of any people
in Europe and its government debt
amounts to about SIS for each man,
woman and child in tie country.
Monarchy costs Denmark about 500, 900
8 year; Sweden and Norway, S5S7, 600;
Roumania, $40, 600, and Greece, $40, 900.
Holland lately cut its king down 40 per
cent, but he still has 500, 600 q year, and
be does not go to his largest commercial
city, Amsterdam, more than two or three
times within twelve months. He has .
nice palace at the Hague and another at
Amsterdam, and it makes no difference to
him that among those who pay the taxes
which make up his salary are women har
messed up with dogs to pull the boats along
the canal. All these kings live by the
sweat of the brow, but the brow Is that OF
some other fellow.
The Chinese emperor is young and his
income is large. Japan now pays nearly
81, 500, 900 to its emperor and Dom Pedro
of Brazil gets 81, 900, 900 year for himself
and about $50, 700 to keep up the rest OF
his family. He has only one daughter,
some grandchildren and sisters. His daugh-
ter will be his successor. She Is Al years
old this year and Is married to French
prince.
Speaking of France, it is o republic now
and lts days of royalty are past. 1t pays its
president S12O,0JO a year as q salary and
give him $l20, 600 more for entertaining.
1t has an immense debt, and its army costs
as much perhaps as that of any country in
Europe. 1t pays the highest salaries Of
any republic in the world and compares
strangely with Switzerland, whose presi-
dent only gets $3, 900 q year.
The president of the Argentine Republic
gets $50, 900 . year, that of Chill IS, 900 a
year and that of Hayti 81, 600 year. The
Governor General OF Canada is paid $50
600 year, and in fact all the officers I'M
der the English Government are paid bet
ter than ours.
~
Speaking of national debts, France has
the biggest in the world; its debt being
nearly twice Is large as that of any other
nation. Ii owes over six billions. Great
Britain comes next with s., 700 600 900,
and Russia follows close upon her heels
with 50, $50, OOO, 900. The German States
owe about 500, 100000 more than the
United States, and Italy owes $500, 900, 900
more than Germany. Austria owes about
a billion, and the Turkish government has
lately scaled its debt so that it reduced il
about one half and pledged its revenues to
the bOndhOlders for payment. Every one
OftheSe governments which / have men,
toned is paying good round sums to
its monarch, is heavily taxed and
/ deeply in debt, and there is only one gov
| eminent in the world which is put down
| in Spofford's Almanac rs having no debt
whatever; this government is Persia, but
/ in Persia the shah rules everything and
the whole revenue Of the country is at his
disposal. For years the shahs have been
able TO amass great private fortunes and
! the present Snan, NasT-tu Ill., u "oith,
| it is said, from twenty-five millions t.
thirty millions of dollars, the most o.
which he has in diamonds. He has ont
diamond Of 1S6 carats, and another of 1it
carats. He has five sons and nine daugh
tiers, and it is said that his connections are
so numerous that there are several thou
sand princes and princes in the royal fam
| ily. FRANK G.. CARPENTER.